Re: MW Breakthrough
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:40 pm
Wow Gazzman, I'd never heard of the Wellbrook 1010. It seems to be basically similar to the 1530 but optimised for lower frequencies. It probably performs like the 1530 as well, as I find my 1530 gets a bit wooden above 10 MHz and works best at low frequencies.
I thought I lived in a challenging RF environment, but your situation sounds pretty grim. I'd agree that earthing (including getting rid of earth loops in the aerial/feeder systems) and decoupling with ferrites is a good starting point.
OK on your background. I was a radio & TV bench engineer for over 20 years, then ran a small two-man electronics firm until we were taken to the cleaners by two non-payers at the same time. What a period that was! I'm sort-of retired now and just write the odd article for hobby radio mags. I've run out of things to write about now, but I have one article about building a loop antenna currently pending at Radio User.
Good luck with it all (sounds like you'll need it!) and I'm sure we'd all like to know how you get on.
I thought I lived in a challenging RF environment, but your situation sounds pretty grim. I'd agree that earthing (including getting rid of earth loops in the aerial/feeder systems) and decoupling with ferrites is a good starting point.
OK on your background. I was a radio & TV bench engineer for over 20 years, then ran a small two-man electronics firm until we were taken to the cleaners by two non-payers at the same time. What a period that was! I'm sort-of retired now and just write the odd article for hobby radio mags. I've run out of things to write about now, but I have one article about building a loop antenna currently pending at Radio User.
Good luck with it all (sounds like you'll need it!) and I'm sure we'd all like to know how you get on.